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FRANCE

French Healthcare Coverage is universal, covered by National Health Insurance (NHI), and is often rightly praised for the quality of the treatment and the level accessibility it offers to patients. The health system in France is dominated by solo-based, fee-for service private practice for ambulatory care and public hospitals for acute institutional care, among which patients are free to navigate and be reimbursed under NHI. The entire population must pay compulsory health insurance—a premium isdeducted from all employees’ pay automatically roughly at 5.25% on earned income, capital and winnings from gambling and at 3.95% on benefits (pensions and allowances). After paying the doctor’s or dentist’s fee, a proportion is reimbursed. This is around 75 to 80% but can be as much as 100%. The balance is effectively a copayment paid for by the patient but it can also be recovered if the patient pays a regular premium to a voluntary health insurance scheme (more than 99% of the population as e very worker is entitled, per law, to access to a company subsidized plan).